Purpose

Teasel Close children’s
home in Crawley provides residential placements, with capacity for
up to 5 children at one time. High Trees children’s home in
Crawley provides residential placements and short breaks for
children with disabilities, with capacity for up to 4 children at
one time. As part of a decision taken in October 2021,
approval was provided for the allocation of capital funding for
the refurbishment of both homes, as well as the provision of
temporary accommodation for children during the works to both
homes.
 
Repurposing works are also
required to a building in West Green, Crawley, that was formerly
used as a Youth Centre, but has been identified as a suitable venue
for delivering the Council’s Family Time Contact Service. A

decision was taken in October 2022 
that approved the funding for this repurposing and commencement of
a procurement process to seek a contractor to deliver  the work to the Youth Centre, the refurbishment
of  High Trees and Teasel Close
children’s homes and the provision of temporary
accommodation. However, since the decision was taken, a subsequent
change in occupancy levels in the residential service means
procuring the temporary accommodation is no longer
required.
 
A procurement process is being
undertaken and, on conclusion, the Interim Director of Children,
Young People and Learning will be asked to approve the award of the
construction contract for the works to High Trees, Teasel Close and
West Green, to the successful tenderer.

Decision

The
Executive Director of Children, Young People and Learning has
approved the award of the construction contract for the
refurbishment works
to High Trees and Teasel Close children’s homes, and
to repurpose the building at West Green to enable its use as a venue for delivering
the Family Time Contact Service, all as set out in paragraph
2.2 of this report, to
Sunninghill Construction Co Limited for the sum of £3,168,511.00.